S. 287 designates the federal building at 225 South Pierre Street in Pierre, South Dakota, as the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building, and provides a mechanism for references to use that name in official documents. The bill is a ceremonial renaming action and does not authorize new funding or alter federal policy beyond the naming.
It also establishes a short title for the act to be cited in law and records.
At a Glance
What It Does
The bill designates the building at 225 South Pierre Street as the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building and requires that references to the building reflect the new name in laws and official documents.
Who It Affects
Federal agencies, contractors, and personnel who reference or manage the Pierre building in official records, as well as local officials and the public who interact with the building.
Why It Matters
Creates a lasting public memorial through an official name, standardizes references across federal documentation, and reflects Congress’s role in recognizing local historical figures.
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What This Bill Actually Does
The Marcella LeBeau Recognition Act designates the federal building located at 225 South Pierre Street in Pierre, South Dakota, as the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building. Section 1 provides the short title for the act, while Section 2(a) designates the building by name and Section 2(b) ensures that any reference in law, maps, regulations, or documents uses the new name.
The bill is strictly ceremonial and does not propose funding or policy changes beyond the renaming. There are no programmatic or budgetary provisions attached to the designation.
In practical terms, government references, signage, and official documentation will adopt the new name for the building. Local communities gain a commemorative marker in federal property naming, and federal agencies will update records accordingly.
Because the act does not authorize appropriations or governance changes, the designation itself is an administrative and symbolic change rather than a policy shift.
The Five Things You Need to Know
The bill designates the 225 South Pierre Street federal building as the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building.
Section 2(a) assigns the official name to the designated building.
Section 2(b) requires all references in laws and official records to use the new name.
No funding or policy changes are authorized by the bill.
Introduced by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) with Senator Thune and reported without amendment in Oct 2025.
Section-by-Section Breakdown
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Short Title
Section 1 provides the short title of the act, the Marcella LeBeau Recognition Act, establishing how the bill may be cited in law and official references.
Designation of the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building
Section 2(a) designates the federal building located at 225 South Pierre Street in Pierre, South Dakota, as the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building. This subsection establishes the formal naming that will appear in signage and official references.
References to the Building
Section 2(b) requires that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building shall be deemed to refer to the Marcella LeBeau Federal Building, ensuring consistency across federal documentation.
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Who Benefits
- The City of Pierre and local residents gain a formal, lasting recognition of local history through the building’s name.
- Federal agencies and the staff who reference the building in official documents will use a standardized designation, reducing ambiguity in records.
- The LeBeau family and local historians may view the designation as a formal acknowledgment of Marcella LeBeau’s legacy.
Who Bears the Cost
- Potential minor signage replacement and documentation updates managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) or the owning agency could incur small administrative costs.
- No new funding is authorized by the bill, so costs are limited to administrative and clerical updates rather than programmatic expenses.
- Any required updates to maps, databases, and regulatory references would be handled within existing agency workflows and budgets.
Key Issues
The Core Tension
Balancing ceremonial recognition with administrative overhead — renaming a federal building honors a local figure but requires cross-cutting updates to official records, signage, and references without any accompanying budget to fund those changes.
The bill is ceremonial in nature and does not authorize funding or alter policy; it relies on administrative actions to rename the building and update references in official records. The primary tension is the administrative burden of updating references across federal documentation relative to the ceremonial value of honoring a local figure.
Because there is no appropriation, the marginal costs should be absorbed within existing agency operations, but agencies will need to allocate time for signage and record updates.
In effect, the designation creates a public memory without changing how the building is operated, funded, or governed—the practical impact is limited to nomenclature and references across the federal documentation ecosystem.
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